Building the product was easier than getting people to find it

We've been working on AI Tools Capital for a while now, and one thing has become pretty obvious.

There are a lot of good AI products out there that almost nobody knows about.

Not because they're bad.

Most are built by one or two people who spend months building something useful, launch it, get a few users, and then it slowly disappears because they're back to building instead of promoting it.

That's a big part of why we started AI Tools Capital.

We're trying to make it easier for people to discover AI products that don't have huge marketing budgets behind them.

I'm curious how everyone else is dealing with this.

If you're building something, where have most of your users come from?

Was there one thing that worked surprisingly well?

Or are you still trying to figure it out?

I'd love to hear what everyone is building and what's actually working.

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u/Annual-Star-2727 — 28 days ago

What are you working on these days?

I have been talking to a lot of founders lately while I am growing AI Tools Capital. One thing that has surprised me is how interesting things people are making that nobody knows about.

Some of these things are really useful. Solve real problems but you would never know they exist unless you met the person who made them by chance. So I thought I would ask you.

What are you making?

It does not have to be perfect or even ready to use I want to hear what you are working on and what made you want to make it.

We have found some cool things just by talking to people like this. If what you are making is something we like we are happy to add it to our website.

It is free to add it. Just tell me about it, I would love to take a look, at what you're making with AI Tools Capital.

I am looking forward to seeing what you are working on with AI Tools Capital.

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u/Annual-Star-2727 — 29 days ago

One week of talking to founders completely changed how we are growing AI Tools Capital

When we started working on AI Tools Capital I thought the biggest challenge would be finding AI products to feature. I was wrong.

Finding products has not been the problem at all.

The hard part has been getting in front of the founders who are building these AI products.

Instead of looking for AI products we started talking to founders where they hang out.

Mostly we talk to them here on Reddit.

We have had conversations with founders who are building all sorts of things including AI tools and small software products. Some of these founders have already listed their products on AI Tools Capital, which's something I did not expect to happen so soon.

The biggest surprise for me has been that talking to founders in a way has worked much better, than trying to market AI Tools Capital.

We are still figuring things out as we go. That is probably the most important thing we have learned so far.

AI Tools Capital is growing because we are taking the time to talk to founders and understand what they need.

Has anything you have tried recently with AI Tools Capital worked better than you expected?

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u/Annual-Star-2727 — 29 days ago

Micro SaaS founders: where did your first real users come from?

We are the team behind AI Tools Capital. We have been talking to a lot of Micro SaaS founders. One thing we learned is that Micro SaaS founders get their users from different places.

Some Micro SaaS founders found their users, on Reddit.

Some Micro SaaS founders found their users through Search Engine Optimization.

Some Micro SaaS founders got their users from a single post that people liked.

Some Micro SaaS founders just kept talking about their Micro SaaS product until people started sharing it.

There is no one way to get your users.

If you are building a Micro SaaS product, where did your first real users come from?

Was it the way you thought it would work?

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u/Annual-Star-2727 — 30 days ago